Budgets Archives - Page 11 of 24

Don’t throw cold water on state’s hot economy

July 20, 2019 Op-Ed

by Greg Moore | In the South, you often hear the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It’s too bad that idiom hasn’t become more popular in New Hampshire, because our state Legislature seems intent on breaking our vibrant, robust economy and instead throwing the car that’s going 100 mph in reverse. Five … Read more

Democrat 100 million dollar deficit Budget

“A True NH Budget”

July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Op-Ed

by NH GOP | NHGOP Chairman Stephen Stepanek released the following statement regarding the ad: “New Hampshire Democrats proposed a budget that raised taxes, included bloated spending, and contained a massive structural deficit of over $100 million. Democrats are fighting for a budget that destroys the New Hampshire Advantage while Governor Chris Sununu continues to … Read more

Did NH Democrat Dan Feltes Just Admit Their Budget is a Tax Hike on Job Creators

July 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Governor Sununu vetoed the New Hampshire Democrat’s awful, terrible, irresponsible budget. He had several reasons, but one of the biggest and best was that it raises taxes on job creators.

Governor Sununu Protects Taxpayers By Vetoing State Budget

July 11, 2019 Op-Ed

by Grover Norquist | Democrat Budget Would Have Raised Taxes on Businesses and Vapers. New Hampshire has long been thought of as a low tax state, governed frugally and therefore a strong competitor among the 50 states to attract job-creating investment, talent, and young families. Over time, “what everyone knows” can cease to be quite … Read more

Nashua School Board is Asking for 3 Million More a Year for Latest Bad Idea in Education

July 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If you thought public education was expensive and increasingly useless, Nashua is prepared to double down on that. At tonight’s School Board meeting, they will “discuss” adding 3 million a year to the budget for Social Emotional Learning.

“The Democrats’ Terrible State Budget”

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Skip

Heh!

Yesterday, the NHGOP released a new ad highlighting the New Hampshire Democrat’s tax-increasing, unbalanced budget. The ad, titled “The Democrats’ Terrible Budget,” aired on WMUR yesterday and will appear on television throughout the coming weeks. The ad will also be carried on digital platforms.

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What If They Failed To Pass A Budget, And Nobody Cared Or Even Noticed?

July 7, 2019 Ed Mosca

So Governor Sununu vetoed the budget passed by the Democrat legislature, which I often refer to as the #SocialistBudget: It would have been nice if Sununu had also given as a reason for the veto that the #SocialistBudget would force taxpayers to pay for abortions, but I suppose that wouldn’t be “woke” and Team-Sununu is … Read more

You cannot grow wages through more government spending

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Op-Ed

by Rep. Dave Testerman (Hill & Franklin) | With the N.H. legislative session over for the summer, I am taking time to write on current issues. The Legislature left a large conundrum on the table when it passed an irresponsible budget that the governor had to veto. Hopefully, we will be able to come to … Read more

So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/27/19)?

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 Judy Aron

We learned that even when the House and Senate sit down together in Committees of Conference to settle their disagreements on really bad legislation that the resulting legislation can still be really bad legislation, especially when it comes to our State’s Budget. Proof that sometimes more than 2 heads are not better than one. We … Read more

Ohio Zeroes Out Funding for Planned Parenthood – Includes 5 million to Crisis Pregnancy Centers

June 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Back on April 1st, we reported on a court ruling that affirmed Ohio’s right to deny funding to “pregnancy centers” that fund abortion. State Budget writers went to work to ensure actual ‘family planning’ centers were adequately funded.

“Five secrets of the Legislature’s 2020-21 state budget “

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 Op-Ed

By Drew Cline State budgets are like the Grinch’s Santa sack. They’re huge, unwieldy, and overstuffed with giveaways and surprises. Their contents are a mystery to anyone who doesn’t have hours to crawl inside and unwrap every little package, which is pretty much every normal person. We’re not normal (we like reading budgets), so we’ve done … Read more

Abortion funding comes to NH State House

Abortion Funding in State Budget: Reason Enough to Reject HB 2

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Ellen Kolb

The budget to be voted on by the New Hampshire House and Senate on Thursday, June 27, specifically HB 2, would coerce every New Hampshire taxpayer into paying for abortions directly. Any claim to the contrary comes from people who either haven’t read HB 2 or are deliberately lying about it. Two people have forwarded … Read more

The New Hampshire Democrat’s Budget Includes a Retroactive Tax Hike

June 26, 2019 Steve MacDonald

This won’t surprise too many people, but Democrats are lying about their budget. The party line is that they froze business taxes and removed future tax cuts. Not true. The Democrat Budget raises taxes for 2019.

Sununu: Some Bills are Going to Get Vetoed

June 25, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Rumor has it the current governor has a goal in mind. He means to veto more useless partisan legislation than any governor before him. Especially political stuff. “[M]ost of those will get vetoed, absolutely.”

Democrat’s NH Budget – Repeals the Prohibition On Using Tax Dollars to Fund Abortion

June 22, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats have taken a cue from their Masters in DC. They are cramming things into the budget. Like a repeal on the state’s use of taxpayer dollars for abortion services.

For Immediate Release: House Republicans Oppose Democrat Budget, Will Support Veto

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Op-Ed

Press Release | CONCORD – House Republican Leader Dick Hinch (R-Merrimack) issued a statement at the conclusion of Wednesday’s budget bill committee of conference meeting. “You may hear Democrats championing this budget as some sort of breakthrough, but let me tell you, it is rife with policy and gimmicks that put New Hampshire on a … Read more

NH Democrats Use State Budget to Raise Legal Age to Buy Tobacco in NH to 21

June 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

I can’t even recall how much garbage the Democrats in the legislature have crammed into the budget – that has nothing to do with a budget. But I guess it wasn’t enough.

Debt Service = Defense Spending???

June 18, 2019

Federal spending this year is already more than $3 trillion. That’s ignorant. Congress is drunk on spending. 2019 is setting yet another new record for out of control spending. Guess what… Congress is once again coming up on an appropriations deal impasse. Surprise, surprise, surprise! Let the shutdown hysteria begin. We are entering the hyperbole … Read more

So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/13/19)?

June 16, 2019 Judy Aron

We learned that the NH State House of Representatives can still concur on really bad legislation even when voting stations are inoperative. All it takes is a head count of yeas and nays for a division vote or the Speaker determining the winning decision via voice vote. Roll call votes are a bit more tricky … Read more

Did the Senate Cram Funding for a New Hampshire Pet Czar into the State Budget?

June 15, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Remember the Domestic Pet Czar Bill? It’s an oppressive bit of legislative gymnastics that we managed to get keel-hauled this session. It’s not dead, never was, but part of it may have been resurrected and stuffed into the state budget.